Last week, Elizabeth Warren made it clear she wants to reign in the banks and Wall Street, and break up Big Tech. What dumb ideas. Perhaps the lawyer-turned-overpaid-professor-turned-senator does not understand that America leads the world in banking, finance and technology, too. And that these fields provide well-paying jobs from companies that offer great benefits.... Číst dále >>>

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Rav Yitzchak is joined by Professor Daniel Matt, a world renowned expert of Jewish Spirituality and Kabbalah. Professor Matt has produced a monumental translation of the Zohar, called the Pritzker Edition which was published in English. He has written numerous books, and is here today to speak to us about how cosmology, science and Kabbalah intersect. Číst dále >>>

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical universityDonald Trump talks with Jerry Falwell Jr during a campaign event in 2016. Photograph: Paul Sancya/APSince January 2016, when the head of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, endorsed Donald Trump for president, the influential evangelical university has been on a fast-track to the heart of American politics. Since being credited with helping Trump earn the loyal support of the Christian right, Falwell has become a regular presence at the White House.Meanwhile, the university, founded in 1971 by his late father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, has expanded exponentially. Under Falwell Jr’s leadership, the Lynchburg, Virginia, not-for-profit university’s assets have reportedly grown from $259m in 2007 to over $3bn and it has more than 100,000 students.But lately, a series of alleged scandals appear to be threatening Falwell’s grip on power. And this week, the stakes were raised even higher amid accusations of corruption and Falwell’s own demand for an FBI investigation.On Monday, Politico published a report, citing more than 24 current and former “high-ranking” Liberty officials, which claims they are losing confidence in him. Falwell, it alleges, “presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains”.Jim Guth, politics and international affairs professor at Furman University and an expert on the religious right, said: “There’s becoming a lot of unease within the Liberty network among people in response to all of these kinds of reports that have been circulating for the last couple of years and seem to be becoming more serious, and I think that in some ways parallels what’s going on in the larger evangelical community politically. And although it’s remained very much supportive of Mr Falwell’s favorite politician, President Trump, there seem to be increasing cracks in that approval – and I think that the same thing is happening in terms of Falwell’s image within his network.”Conservative evangelicals’ preference for “strong political leaders”, he said, can make it difficult to criticize authorities, but he thinks growing pressure on Falwell could result in a leadership challenge.“I’m not quite sure what to expect from this point on. I think that given the kind of developing opposition and concern on the board and elsewhere at Liberty, you may see his leadership challenged within the organization in the next few months.”In the last year, Falwell has been linked to university business deals that allegedly benefitted his personal trainer, Benjamin Crosswhite, whom he reportedly helped to buy university property. Falwell also allegedly had close dealings with Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former personal lawyer.Cohen, who is serving a three-year prison sentence, said he helped the university president deal with some racy “personal” photographs in 2015. Falwell has denied these claims.In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that John Gauger, owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC and Liberty’s chief information officer and vice-president of analytics, was hired by Cohen to try to rig online polls to favor Trump before the presidential campaign. He was also reportedly asked to create the @WomenForCohen account – which described him as a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol” – to raise his profile.The recent Politico article alleges Falwell hired his son Trey’s company to manage a university-owned shopping center, loaning university money and awarding university contracts to friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” one source reportedly said.The magazine also published photos of Falwell and Trey on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub in 2014, prompting Falwell to claim that the pictures had been “photoshopped”. Liberty is strict about such activities – students can reportedly be punished with “demerits” for dancing with members of the opposite sex and can face expulsion for drinking.On Tuesday Falwell issued a dramatic response to the article. He declared it an “attempted coup” and a “criminal” smear campaign and claimed he would be asking the FBI to investigate.“I’m not going to dignify the lies that were reported yesterday with a response, but I am going to the authorities and I am going to civil court,” he told the Associated Press, calling its reporter a “little boy”.The FBI decline Číst dále >>>

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical universityDonald Trump talks with Jerry Falwell Jr during a campaign event in 2016. Photograph: Paul Sancya/APSince January 2016, when the head of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, endorsed Donald Trump for president, the influential evangelical university has been on a fast-track to the heart of American politics. Since being credited with helping Trump earn the loyal support of the Christian right, Falwell has become a regular presence at the White House.Meanwhile, the university, founded in 1971 by his late father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, has expanded exponentially. Under Falwell Jr’s leadership, the Lynchburg, Virginia, not-for-profit university’s assets have reportedly grown from $259m in 2007 to over $3bn and it has more than 100,000 students.But lately, a series of alleged scandals appear to be threatening Falwell’s grip on power. And this week, the stakes were raised even higher amid accusations of corruption and Falwell’s own demand for an FBI investigation.On Monday, Politico published a report, citing more than 24 current and former “high-ranking” Liberty officials, which claims they are losing confidence in him. Falwell, it alleges, “presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains”.Jim Guth, politics and international affairs professor at Furman University and an expert on the religious right, said: “There’s becoming a lot of unease within the Liberty network among people in response to all of these kinds of reports that have been circulating for the last couple of years and seem to be becoming more serious, and I think that in some ways parallels what’s going on in the larger evangelical community politically. And although it’s remained very much supportive of Mr Falwell’s favorite politician, President Trump, there seem to be increasing cracks in that approval – and I think that the same thing is happening in terms of Falwell’s image within his network.”Conservative evangelicals’ preference for “strong political leaders”, he said, can make it difficult to criticize authorities, but he thinks growing pressure on Falwell could result in a leadership challenge.“I’m not quite sure what to expect from this point on. I think that given the kind of developing opposition and concern on the board and elsewhere at Liberty, you may see his leadership challenged within the organization in the next few months.”In the last year, Falwell has been linked to university business deals that allegedly benefitted his personal trainer, Benjamin Crosswhite, whom he reportedly helped to buy university property. Falwell also allegedly had close dealings with Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former personal lawyer.Cohen, who is serving a three-year prison sentence, said he helped the university president deal with some racy “personal” photographs in 2015. Falwell has denied these claims.In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that John Gauger, owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC and Liberty’s chief information officer and vice-president of analytics, was hired by Cohen to try to rig online polls to favor Trump before the presidential campaign. He was also reportedly asked to create the @WomenForCohen account – which described him as a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol” – to raise his profile.The recent Politico article alleges Falwell hired his son Trey’s company to manage a university-owned shopping center, loaning university money and awarding university contracts to friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” one source reportedly said.The magazine also published photos of Falwell and Trey on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub in 2014, prompting Falwell to claim that the pictures had been “photoshopped”. Liberty is strict about such activities – students can reportedly be punished with “demerits” for dancing with members of the opposite sex and can face expulsion for drinking.On Tuesday Falwell issued a dramatic response to the article. He declared it an “attempted coup” and a “criminal” smear campaign and claimed he would be asking the FBI to investigate.“I’m not going to dignify the lies that were reported yesterday with a response, but I am going to the authorities and I am going to civil court,” he told the Associated Press, calling its reporter a “little boy”.The FBI decline Číst dále >>>

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical universityDonald Trump talks with Jerry Falwell Jr during a campaign event in 2016. Photograph: Paul Sancya/APSince January 2016, when the head of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, endorsed Donald Trump for president, the influential evangelical university has been on a fast-track to the heart of American politics. Since being credited with helping Trump earn the loyal support of the Christian right, Falwell has become a regular presence at the White House.Meanwhile, the university, founded in 1971 by his late father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, has expanded exponentially. Under Falwell Jr’s leadership, the Lynchburg, Virginia, not-for-profit university’s assets have reportedly grown from $259m in 2007 to over $3bn and it has more than 100,000 students.But lately, a series of alleged scandals appear to be threatening Falwell’s grip on power. And this week, the stakes were raised even higher amid accusations of corruption and Falwell’s own demand for an FBI investigation.On Monday, Politico published a report, citing more than 24 current and former “high-ranking” Liberty officials, which claims they are losing confidence in him. Falwell, it alleges, “presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains”.Jim Guth, politics and international affairs professor at Furman University and an expert on the religious right, said: “There’s becoming a lot of unease within the Liberty network among people in response to all of these kinds of reports that have been circulating for the last couple of years and seem to be becoming more serious, and I think that in some ways parallels what’s going on in the larger evangelical community politically. And although it’s remained very much supportive of Mr Falwell’s favorite politician, President Trump, there seem to be increasing cracks in that approval – and I think that the same thing is happening in terms of Falwell’s image within his network.”Conservative evangelicals’ preference for “strong political leaders”, he said, can make it difficult to criticize authorities, but he thinks growing pressure on Falwell could result in a leadership challenge.“I’m not quite sure what to expect from this point on. I think that given the kind of developing opposition and concern on the board and elsewhere at Liberty, you may see his leadership challenged within the organization in the next few months.”In the last year, Falwell has been linked to university business deals that allegedly benefitted his personal trainer, Benjamin Crosswhite, whom he reportedly helped to buy university property. Falwell also allegedly had close dealings with Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former personal lawyer.Cohen, who is serving a three-year prison sentence, said he helped the university president deal with some racy “personal” photographs in 2015. Falwell has denied these claims.In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that John Gauger, owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC and Liberty’s chief information officer and vice-president of analytics, was hired by Cohen to try to rig online polls to favor Trump before the presidential campaign. He was also reportedly asked to create the @WomenForCohen account – which described him as a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol” – to raise his profile.The recent Politico article alleges Falwell hired his son Trey’s company to manage a university-owned shopping center, loaning university money and awarding university contracts to friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” one source reportedly said.The magazine also published photos of Falwell and Trey on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub in 2014, prompting Falwell to claim that the pictures had been “photoshopped”. Liberty is strict about such activities – students can reportedly be punished with “demerits” for dancing with members of the opposite sex and can face expulsion for drinking.On Tuesday Falwell issued a dramatic response to the article. He declared it an “attempted coup” and a “criminal” smear campaign and claimed he would be asking the FBI to investigate.“I’m not going to dignify the lies that were reported yesterday with a response, but I am going to the authorities and I am going to civil court,” he told the Associated Press, calling its reporter a “little boy”.The FBI decline Číst dále >>>

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical universityDonald Trump talks with Jerry Falwell Jr during a campaign event in 2016. Photograph: Paul Sancya/APSince January 2016, when the head of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, endorsed Donald Trump for president, the influential evangelical university has been on a fast-track to the heart of American politics. Since being credited with helping Trump earn the loyal support of the Christian right, Falwell has become a regular presence at the White House.Meanwhile, the university, founded in 1971 by his late father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, has expanded exponentially. Under Falwell Jr’s leadership, the Lynchburg, Virginia, not-for-profit university’s assets have reportedly grown from $259m in 2007 to over $3bn and it has more than 100,000 students.But lately, a series of alleged scandals appear to be threatening Falwell’s grip on power. And this week, the stakes were raised even higher amid accusations of corruption and Falwell’s own demand for an FBI investigation.On Monday, Politico published a report, citing more than 24 current and former “high-ranking” Liberty officials, which claims they are losing confidence in him. Falwell, it alleges, “presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains”.Jim Guth, politics and international affairs professor at Furman University and an expert on the religious right, said: “There’s becoming a lot of unease within the Liberty network among people in response to all of these kinds of reports that have been circulating for the last couple of years and seem to be becoming more serious, and I think that in some ways parallels what’s going on in the larger evangelical community politically. And although it’s remained very much supportive of Mr Falwell’s favorite politician, President Trump, there seem to be increasing cracks in that approval – and I think that the same thing is happening in terms of Falwell’s image within his network.”Conservative evangelicals’ preference for “strong political leaders”, he said, can make it difficult to criticize authorities, but he thinks growing pressure on Falwell could result in a leadership challenge.“I’m not quite sure what to expect from this point on. I think that given the kind of developing opposition and concern on the board and elsewhere at Liberty, you may see his leadership challenged within the organization in the next few months.”In the last year, Falwell has been linked to university business deals that allegedly benefitted his personal trainer, Benjamin Crosswhite, whom he reportedly helped to buy university property. Falwell also allegedly had close dealings with Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former personal lawyer.Cohen, who is serving a three-year prison sentence, said he helped the university president deal with some racy “personal” photographs in 2015. Falwell has denied these claims.In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that John Gauger, owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC and Liberty’s chief information officer and vice-president of analytics, was hired by Cohen to try to rig online polls to favor Trump before the presidential campaign. He was also reportedly asked to create the @WomenForCohen account – which described him as a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol” – to raise his profile.The recent Politico article alleges Falwell hired his son Trey’s company to manage a university-owned shopping center, loaning university money and awarding university contracts to friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” one source reportedly said.The magazine also published photos of Falwell and Trey on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub in 2014, prompting Falwell to claim that the pictures had been “photoshopped”. Liberty is strict about such activities – students can reportedly be punished with “demerits” for dancing with members of the opposite sex and can face expulsion for drinking.On Tuesday Falwell issued a dramatic response to the article. He declared it an “attempted coup” and a “criminal” smear campaign and claimed he would be asking the FBI to investigate.“I’m not going to dignify the lies that were reported yesterday with a response, but I am going to the authorities and I am going to civil court,” he told the Associated Press, calling its reporter a “little boy”.The FBI decline Číst dále >>>

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical universityDonald Trump talks with Jerry Falwell Jr during a campaign event in 2016. Photograph: Paul Sancya/APSince January 2016, when the head of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, endorsed Donald Trump for president, the influential evangelical university has been on a fast-track to the heart of American politics. Since being credited with helping Trump earn the loyal support of the Christian right, Falwell has become a regular presence at the White House.Meanwhile, the university, founded in 1971 by his late father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, has expanded exponentially. Under Falwell Jr’s leadership, the Lynchburg, Virginia, not-for-profit university’s assets have reportedly grown from $259m in 2007 to over $3bn and it has more than 100,000 students.But lately, a series of alleged scandals appear to be threatening Falwell’s grip on power. And this week, the stakes were raised even higher amid accusations of corruption and Falwell’s own demand for an FBI investigation.On Monday, Politico published a report, citing more than 24 current and former “high-ranking” Liberty officials, which claims they are losing confidence in him. Falwell, it alleges, “presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains”.Jim Guth, politics and international affairs professor at Furman University and an expert on the religious right, said: “There’s becoming a lot of unease within the Liberty network among people in response to all of these kinds of reports that have been circulating for the last couple of years and seem to be becoming more serious, and I think that in some ways parallels what’s going on in the larger evangelical community politically. And although it’s remained very much supportive of Mr Falwell’s favorite politician, President Trump, there seem to be increasing cracks in that approval – and I think that the same thing is happening in terms of Falwell’s image within his network.”Conservative evangelicals’ preference for “strong political leaders”, he said, can make it difficult to criticize authorities, but he thinks growing pressure on Falwell could result in a leadership challenge.“I’m not quite sure what to expect from this point on. I think that given the kind of developing opposition and concern on the board and elsewhere at Liberty, you may see his leadership challenged within the organization in the next few months.”In the last year, Falwell has been linked to university business deals that allegedly benefitted his personal trainer, Benjamin Crosswhite, whom he reportedly helped to buy university property. Falwell also allegedly had close dealings with Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former personal lawyer.Cohen, who is serving a three-year prison sentence, said he helped the university president deal with some racy “personal” photographs in 2015. Falwell has denied these claims.In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that John Gauger, owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC and Liberty’s chief information officer and vice-president of analytics, was hired by Cohen to try to rig online polls to favor Trump before the presidential campaign. He was also reportedly asked to create the @WomenForCohen account – which described him as a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol” – to raise his profile.The recent Politico article alleges Falwell hired his son Trey’s company to manage a university-owned shopping center, loaning university money and awarding university contracts to friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” one source reportedly said.The magazine also published photos of Falwell and Trey on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub in 2014, prompting Falwell to claim that the pictures had been “photoshopped”. Liberty is strict about such activities – students can reportedly be punished with “demerits” for dancing with members of the opposite sex and can face expulsion for drinking.On Tuesday Falwell issued a dramatic response to the article. He declared it an “attempted coup” and a “criminal” smear campaign and claimed he would be asking the FBI to investigate.“I’m not going to dignify the lies that were reported yesterday with a response, but I am going to the authorities and I am going to civil court,” he told the Associated Press, calling its reporter a “little boy”.The FBI decline Číst dále >>>